禅Yamamoto Gempo

proverb

Survival of Rinzai

Modern

Traditionally attributed

Text

After the war, when temples were reduced to ashes, the dharma was reduced to its essentials. We rebuilt smaller buildings around the same emptiness, and the practice was unbroken.

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Attribution

Lineage: Rinzai

By Yamamoto Gempo

Sources

  • contentZen Buddhism: A History — Volume 2: Japan

    Heinrich Dumoulin

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